BindowsFaces latest beta version is: BindowsFaces beta 0806, released on June 5, 2008

This version provides the following new and improved features:

* Comet Support - BindowsFaces now includes an API for implementing Comet support for different server environments. An adapter for the GlassFish Server is included in the BindowsFaces package.

* Ajax Navigation - BindowsFaces makes use of the JSF navigation mechanism but does not “leave” the current AJAX application.

* Live Scrolling - When a larger number of rows is to be loaded into a data grid the loading time suffer, live scrolling a method to avoid slow user interfaces. BindowsFaces now supports live scrolling in the Grid component.

* dataTable population - BindowsFaces now supports standard dataTable population constructions using the column component.

* Custom Classes - BindowsFaces enables you to use Bindows custom classes or entire applications that you developed in a JSF environment.

* Actions: General improvements and clarification of the Actions API
* Actions: Actions are now resposible for creating their own threads
* Actions: Threads were extracted and exposed in the API
* Actions: Adding BiLoaderAction
* BiGauge2: Several minor improvements
* Minor adjustments and fixes

The review covers our release of three new products: Bindows gauges library toolkit, BindowsFaces, and the Bindows 4.0 Beta.

Regarding Bindows FREE gauges library toolkit - InfoWorld appreciates the facts that the toolkit is completely free, and comes with a gauge wizard and a free subset of the Bindows Ajax library. The gauges are done with vector graphics and are fast enough to be used for soft real-time displays. Try it out online yourself.

The BindowsFaces library, as you might guess from the name, brings Bindows-based Ajax capabilities to Java through JSF. It’s for Java Faces programmers who’d prefer not to get their hands dirty with JavaScript or go through a compilation step. Martin quotes us “BindowsFaces is better than GWT or Oracle ADF.” Obviously, we are biased

Moving on to Bindows 4.0 beta “probably makes Bindows the most advanced professional Ajax framework in the market,” according to the Meriazes. One of primary design goal of Bindows 4.0 is to add the “ability to define a fully working application without writing a single line of JavaScript.” To join the 4.0 beta program, contact sales@bindows.net.

Bindows™ 4.0 (beta) introduces the ability to define a fully working application without writing a single line of JavaScript.
This version introduces several several new concepts along with hundreds of improvements and bug fixes. Some of the main features in this version are:

Use BindowsFaces if you are:
* Developers creating enterprise strength web applications.
* Java developers that do not want to engage in JavaScript “hacking”.
* Bindows programmers that want to expand into and leverage JSF technologies.

Why use BindowsFaces
* Most JSF based frameworks in the market provide the client side components as an afterthought - their client side is quite weak.

* BindowsFaces provides Java developers with a market leading client-side component model, built from the ground up with TRUE object-oriented Ajax.

* Bindows is famous for being full, rich and mature (probably the richest Ajax framework). Bindows also provides the best in market support for developing Section-508 accessible web applications.

Benefits

1. BindowsFaces shields the developer from the complexities of JavaScipt cross-browser programming.

2. BindowsFaces enables you to create full fledged Bindows applications using only JSF.

3. The Bindows legacy provides you with access to the most robust, mature and rich Ajax components (the richest components library) on the market.

4. You (the developer) have full control of how to distribute execution loads between the client and the server. Let the client do 99% of the work - drastically reduce server load and bandwidth utilization.

5. Creation of the client application can be fully automated by the use of XML.